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Fit the stubby metal bits on the half-moon into the holes on the top of the blade. Hold the half-moon firmly and exert pressure to turn it to the right. The blade should unlock.
The spout, itself is hinged. It has two positions, an upper and a lower position. (Similar to a light switch). Make sure it is in it's lowest position when making juice, otherwise the liquid will collect in the inner bowl and leak out the sides of the juicer. Move the spout to the upper position to temporarily stop the flow of juice, such as when you change glasses or receptacles. Then, put the spout in the lower position to resume the flow of juice.
Using a screw driver remove screws to detach the thing that locks the attachments into place. You will see a rubber seal around the socket in which the auger is fitted. Remove the seal and put a little oil on it. Replace everything after doing the lubrication.
You might have been able to find a replacement seal for the top but if the bottom is leaking that means the seal is gone there as well and that means replacing the container. The real problem is finding any of these. And when you do the cost is going to be as much as a new unit.
I'm afraid the best advice is to replace the entire unit. The only thing is to make sure you buy a quality unit if you want to get any useful life out of them. A cheap unit is going to start leaking within a year or two (about 30 seconds after the warranty runs out) a good unit will give you hopefully another 5-10 years of use.Might cost more now but you won;t have to replace it that quickly either.
Believe it can be done. You might have to file or shave the new arm a little then seat it as best as possible and tap it in place with a screw driver and hammer. If you do manage to attach the new arm and the fit is a little too snug when you latch down the cover, file the upper tip of the arm for a little more tolerance. Also, believe it or not, a worn blade will produce less vibration. There is a set screw bottom center. With the juicer fully assembled, unlock it, turn it clockwise until feed chute contacts the shredder blade and back it off a half turn. You now have the proper gap between the chute and blade.
Both the Omega and Acme juicers vibrate no matter what you do. I found a worn shredder blade actually produces less vibration. However this involves filing the cutting burrs down and resetting the blade to chute gap. If you're up to it, take the blade out and file each row of burrs about halfway down. Then with the juicer fully assembled, unlock the set screw on the center of the bottom, turn it clockwise until the chute contacts the blade, and back it off a half turn. The set screw actually raises and lowers the motor spindle. Both companies would not agree with this, but this solution comes from operating my 21 year old Acme. I recently replaced the blade and the juicer immediately began tap dancing. Went back to the old blade.
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